Chancellor Zimpher to Host National Teacher Education Summit in Albany

November 7, 2012

Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher next week will host a national summit on teacher education, which will also serve as the kick-off event for SUNY’s Statewide Teacher and Leader Education Network (S-TEN).

Chancellor Zimpher will provide a keynote address, followed by featured speakers Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University’s Charles E. Docummun professor of education; Sharon Robinson, president of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education; and Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents; John B. King, commissioner of education and president of the University of the State of New York; Johanna Duncan-Poitier, SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for the Education Pipeline and Community Colleges; and Christine Givner, SUNY Fredonia dean and professor, and chair of the S-TEN Design Team. Faculty leaders in teacher and school leader education will also highlight best practices and examples of work underway across SUNY.

In July 2012, SUNY was awarded $3.5 million in Race to the Top (RTTT) funds by the New York State Education Department to develop and implement a comprehensive teacher education initiative with SUNY faculty, with the goal of advancing the future of teacher and school leader preparation to meet the needs of New York State’s children. Through a series of faculty development and research opportunities, the S-TEN initiative will enable SUNY to lead campus faculty and their education partners as they implement clinically-rich teacher and leader preparation strategies, including the implementation of Common Core Standards, data-driven instruction, and knowledge of teacher and education leader performance assessment, both before and after certification.

About the State University of New YorkThe State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, with 64 college and university campuses located within 30 miles of every home, school, and business in the state. As of Fall 2017, more than 430,000 students were enrolled in a degree program at a SUNY campus. In total, SUNY served nearly 1.4 million students in credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs in the 2016-17 academic year. SUNY students and faculty across the state make significant contributions to research and discovery, resulting in $1 billion of externally sponsored activity each year. There are 3 million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu.